Re: compiling softimage plugins on linux

You have to run ldd from inside of Softimage to see if it works. Thus run it from Python from within Softimage. -ben Best regards, Ben Houston (Cell: 613-762-4113, Skype: ben.exocortex, Twitter: @exocortexcom) https://Clara.io - Online 3D Modeling and Rendering On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 7:49 PM

Re: compiling softimage plugins on linux

import commands result_ldd = commands.getoutput("ldd -r Myplugin.so") print result_ldd Best regards, Ben Houston (Cell: 613-762-4113, Skype: ben.exocortex, Twitter: @exocortexcom) https://Clara.io - Online 3D Modeling and Rendering On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Ben

Re: crate stopped working rer.exe error

Hi Mirko, I think you solved this by reinstalling a new Softimage? Unfortunately, we never figured out the true issue but I believe you said it has now gone away? Best regards, Ben Houston (Cell: 613-762-4113, Skype: ben.exocortex, Twitter: @exocortexcom) https://Clara.io - Online 3D Modeling

Re: Exporting Pointclouds to Houdini using Alembic.

Crate should work on standard point clouds pretty well. -ben Best regards, Ben Houston (Cell: 613-762-4113, Skype: ben.exocortex, Twitter: @exocortexcom) https://Clara.io - Online 3D Modeling and Rendering On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 6:23 AM, Dan Yargici <danyarg...@gmail.com> wrote: >

Re: Compiling Softimage Plugins for Linux from Windows

and do it inside of that VM on Windows. -ben Best regards, Ben Houston (Cell: 613-762-4113, Skype: ben.exocortex, Twitter: @exocortexcom) https://Clara.io - Online 3D Modeling and Rendering On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Leonard Koch leonardkoch...@gmail.com wrote: Hi List, I'm wanting

OT: Clara.io gets high quality real-time PBR and post effects

-91d7-4432-a131-3e6fd657a042/webgl PS. We are in the midst of adding support for a Model node that behaves very similar to Softimage's -- its been requested and should go live in the next few weeks. :) Best regards, Ben Houston (Cell: 613-762-4113, Skype: ben.exocortex, Twitter: @exocortexcom) https

Re: Alembic performance?

a couple times faster if not more. -ben Best regards, Ben Houston (Cell: 613-762-4113, Skype: ben.exocortex, Twitter: @exocortexcom) https://Clara.io - Online 3D Modeling and Rendering On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 6:31 AM, Morten Bartholdy x...@colorshopvfx.dk wrote: I am stuck on Softimage 2013SP1 so

Re: exocortex

Hi Tim, Sorry about that. What is the request? I do not have a record of any requests in my gmail. Can you try with my Gmail address neurals...@gmail.com? It all goes to the same place which ever email address you use. Best regards, Ben Houston Best regards, Ben Houston (Cell: 613-762-4113

Re: exocortex

Hi Chris, We chatted off list. I believe you have everything sorted out now. Bes regards, -ben Best regards, Ben Houston (Cell: 613-762-4113, Skype: ben.exocortex, Twitter: @exocortexcom) https://Clara.io - Online 3D Modeling and Rendering On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Chris Marshall

Re: Exocortex Crate (the Alembic suite) goes open source.

Which page on Exocortex.com says demo? I'll fix it. :) -ben Best regards, Ben Houston (Cell: 613-762-4113, Skype: ben.exocortex, Twitter: @exocortexcom) https://Clara.io - Online 3D Modeling and Rendering On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Stephan Haidacher ca...@gmx.net wrote: Hi Ben, cool

Re: Exocortex Crate (the Alembic suite) goes open source.

. Best regards, -ben Best regards, Ben Houston (Cell: 613-762-4113, Skype: ben.exocortex, Twitter: @exocortexcom) https://Clara.io - Online 3D Modeling and Rendering On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Arvid Björn arvidbj...@gmail.com wrote: Well that's certainly good news, we've had a few licensing

Re: Exocortex Crate (the Alembic suite) goes open source.

Fixed. :) Thx. -ben Best regards, Ben Houston (Cell: 613-762-4113, Skype: ben.exocortex, Twitter: @exocortexcom) https://Clara.io - Online 3D Modeling and Rendering On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Stephan Haidacher ca...@gmx.net wrote: http://exocortex.com/products/crate - blue button

Re: Exocortex Crate (the Alembic suite) goes open source.

... it is lower end that Softimage at this time though Best regards, -ben Best regards, Ben Houston (Cell: 613-762-4113, Skype: ben.exocortex, Twitter: @exocortexcom) https://Clara.io - Online 3D Modeling and Rendering On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Arvid Björn arvidbj...@gmail.com wrote: I see

Exocortex Crate (the Alembic suite) goes open source.

regards, Ben Houston (Cell: 613-762-4113, Skype: ben.exocortex, Twitter: @exocortexcom) https://Clara.io - Online 3D Modeling and Rendering

Re: Exocortex Crate (the Alembic suite) goes open source.

to the suite -- either individually or jointly. We are very open to consulting work to add new features. We will also for the foreseeable future be creating the builds for the various platforms as needed. We are also very busy with Clara.io -- that is true. Best regards, Ben Houston Best regards

Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M

' partner Chris Lynch sits on the board. From here: http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2014/10/21/bostinno-beat-aapl-crushes-lagoa-acquired-by-autodesk-acquias-moves/ Very impressive price! Best regards, Ben Houston (Cell: 613-762-4113, Skype: ben.exocortex, Twitter: @exocortexcom) https://Clara.io

Re: Communication between C4D and XSI

. On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 12:31 PM, olivier jeannel olivier.jean...@noos.fr wrote: So, is the Momentum4 integrated Alembic enough ?imon Reeves -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D

Re: Alembic export in 2015 not exporting attibutes

? Cheers! -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation

RE: Alembic scene unit

There is no unit specified in alembic files. It is unit free. On 18 Apr 2014 10:40, Szabolcs Matefy szabol...@crytek.com wrote: Hey Guys Anybody knows about unit size for alembic? Or it is just pure values that alembic uses? Cheers Szabolcs *From:*

Re: getting a baked ICE cache over to max?

Exocortex crate can likely do it. Try the demo to see if it works for you... On 17 Apr 2014 23:34, Chris Johnson chr...@topixfx.com wrote: So I baked a cache of a pointcloud with instanced shapes. Then I reimported that cache and cut it up in the animation mixer and re-timed itbkaed it

Re: Any recommended tutorials/training on building Maya plugins in Python?

returned as None. Anyway, on the off-chance... -- Tim Crowson Lead CG Artist Magnetic Dreams, Inc. 2525 Lebanon Pike, Bldg C, Suite 101, Nashville, TN 37214 Ph 615.885.6801 | Fax 615.889.4768 | www.magneticdreams.com tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com -- Best regards, Ben Houston

Re: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

did V4 go?? I had read someone had just got it for their studio in a thread a while back.. -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation

Re: Shattering, Fractures and destruction question

- tetrahedron decomposition from each triangle - very stable since it is a native bullet shape. Best regards, Ben Houston On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Greg Punchatz g...@janimation.com wrote: Well I know I am stocking up on Softimage plug ins atm... His are a tad pricier then the some

Momentum 4 + ImplosiaFX 4 official release

own Momentum 3 + ImplosiaFX, you can use the promo code m3ifx1 to get $300 off. -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation

Re: Thoughts on Snow Drop

know much about game engines or working in Games but this looks really amazing. Is there any way something like this could be used in production? http://youtu.be/8z6rzPjcZL0 http://youtu.be/UXeH9OqygzI -- www.johnrichardsanchez.com -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113

Re: [OT] Autodesk announces 2015 3D product updates.

...@gmail.com wrote: Agree, and the geodesic voxel binding skin algorithm, Blender already have at least 1 year ago or more. In other words, no innovation, only implementation of existing tools. Got a link to that? Geodesic voxel binding is research by Autodesk. -- Best regards, Ben

Re: Cinema 4D an option?

Cinema 4D is rare 3D DCC that has a growing user base, mostly because of the Adobe linkage I think. -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation

Carbine Studio's Wildstar will Launch June 3rd (3D art created by Softimage)

/story/14/03/12/2152228/wildstar-to-launch-on-june-3 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/02/13/wildstar-preview-2/ -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation

Re: Deadline problems

a suggestion. Thanks! Paul ᐧ -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation

Re: V-Ray rendering is live in http://Clara.io - includes interactive live cloud streaming.

...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Ben Houston Sent: 3 mars 2014 09:53 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: V-Ray rendering is live in http://Clara.io - includes interactive live cloud streaming. Hi all, Just a quick note that we have just made V-Ray

Re: Last release and ICE and addons

, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation

V-Ray rendering is live in http://Clara.io - includes interactive live cloud streaming.

: - Material library with with over 200 real-world presets (including preview images.) - Area lights - preview image here: http://goo.gl/5NBEha - Much improved stability - Background rendering with email notification (we have this working, we just can't easily manage the queue yet) -- Best regards, Ben

Re: ICE migration thread. no tears here )))

? maybe we should move not separately, but as a team ? fabric engine? houdini ? or they will make some kind of ICE in maya? http://safakoner.webfactional.com/rnd/tool/2/ this looks awesome, but it is not selling yet -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter

Re: OT: particle insanity

? a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com www.fluid-pictures.com Fluid Pictures Limited is registered in England and Wales. Company number:5657815 VAT number: 872 6893 71 -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice

Re: OT: particle insanity

files which Fury for Maya can load in its proxies and render directly those colors. Best regards, Ben Houston On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 1:08 PM, adrian wyer adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com wrote: Thanks Ben, interesting about working with Richard, I had the pleasure of talking with him a few times

Re: point clouds from soft to Max?

doesn't look right...points are not doing the same thing they were in Softimage? Is there a set in stone work flow out there for this? -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content

Re: Houdini to Softimage

. Thank´s for all reply, i change from Default format to HDF5 and works great. Thank you again. 2014-02-12 0:48 GMT-02:00 Ben Houston b...@exocortex.com: Hi Paulo, Can you share an *.abc file with us so we can investigate why it is crashing? We should support both Ogawa and HDF5 formats

Re: Houdini to Softimage

a solution with the realflow plugin .bin, but it would be much better to have a control with Alembic Any help? Cheers. Paulo Duarte -- www.pauloduarte.ws -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade

Re: Exocortex

Hi Ronald, I have responded off list. Best regards, Ben Houston On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Toonafish ron...@toonafish.nl wrote: Hi, If someone from Exocortex reads this post, please get in touch with me ( ronald at toonafish dot nl ). Sorry to abuse this list, but I've been trying

Re: Can I read Excel cells within Softimage?

, 60322 Frankfurt - HRB77322 Amtsgericht Frankfurt a. Main- UST IdentNr.: DE20432461 - Geschaeftsfuehrer: Avni Yerli, Cevat Yerli, Faruk Yerli -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D

VES Award Nominations

http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/12th-Annual-VES-Awards-Nominees I notice some softimage guys nominated for Elysium: Torus (Whiskytree) and PETA 98% Human (The Mill.) Congratuations! -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Clara.io

Re: Speedtree into Softimage?

and don'ts of Speedtree/Softimage workflow? On Softimage 2013SP1 Win7 here. Thanks! Morten -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation

Clara.io update - new Softimage relevant features (M-tool, +/- SubD, UI lookfeel)

it looks more like a standard 3D DCC tool than a web app now. That is it. :) We are all ears for other needed improvements, additions, etc. to implement. Now on to releasing Momentum 4 (finally.) -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http

Re: Redshift3D Render

to try rendering the classroom scene and see how it does. -Paul ᐧ -- -- -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation

Re: Nurbs Curves into Soft from Maya

the other way. Any ideas on how to go about it? Thanks, Eric T. -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation

Re: positivity

regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation

Re: Pointer for Cage Deformer Logic/Implementation

some papers on it. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 11, 2013, at 10:50 PM, Ben Houston b...@exocortex.com wrote: My knowledge is out of date, but off the top of my head Cage deformers are often written using a cubic interpolant rather than affine ones. If you use a grid cage you can use

Re: Pointer for Cage Deformer Logic/Implementation

Turns out mean value coordinates on closed polygon meshes to do deformation was already done: http://www.cs.rice.edu/~jwarren/papers/meanvalue.pdf -ben On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Ben Houston b...@exocortex.com wrote: I guess you are referring to this... http://graphics.pixar.com

Re: Pointer for Cage Deformer Logic/Implementation

. -- -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation

Re: The Autodesk folder - what goes and what stays?

regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation

Re: looking for softimage vray render farm service

http://www.chaosgroup.com/en/2/vray_services.html -ben On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Kris Rivel krisri...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone know of a Vray Softimage render farm running latest versions? Kris -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter

Re: SPEEDTree and Alembic Import - Softimage + 3DMax

. Best regards, Ben Houston On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 8:01 PM, David Rivera activemotionpictu...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, I´ve come across Helge Matee alembic import workgroup for softimage on google docs. It called to my attention, there´s a software named SpeedTree which specializes in making trees grow

Re: Object importer

it. If I convert it with the help of DeepExploration, it opens but Uvs are screwed. I'm condamned to gator, but it's super long, I'm doing heavi tissue for print. Any info in exchange of a hug ? Olivier -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter

Softimage+Clara.io animation example (Luxo Jr.) + Open beta announcement

://www.fxguide.com/quicktakes/the-future-of-3d-creation-on-the-web/ -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Clara.io - Professional-Grade WebGL-based 3D Content Creation

Re: Softimage+Clara.io animation example (Luxo Jr.) + Open beta announcement

how big is the animation once baked/optimized for the web? On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Renato Polimeno rntpolim...@gmail.com wrote: Nice!! On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Ben Houston b...@exocortex.com wrote: Hi all, Jason Shoumar, our resident artist (formerly of ModusFX), worked

Pixar's Universal Scene Description

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Re: Clara.io gains fast FBX import and an embedable a web player

: http://clara.io/embed/86a8fad4-79a4-498b-811f-d3cde9176381 Best regards, Ben Houston On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.com wrote: Congrats Ben! Does the FBX import support skinning as well from the bones? Will your WebGL viewer support animated assets? Eric T

Re: Clara.io gains fast FBX import and an embedable a web player

, October 11, 2013 10:24:45 AM, Ben Houston wrote: Hi Eric, We import skinning and bones and animations. :-) Here is one quick test of bones + skinning + animation: Luxo Jr. testing his range of motion There is a bug that when it loads it displays incorrectly (bones aren't initialized just

Re: Clara.io gains fast FBX import and an embedable a web player

-81dc-44dd-a3d1-2c7c54e324d1 On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Ben Houston b...@exocortex.com wrote: Hi Eric, There is a default headlight if there are no lights, but in this scene I've created some lights thus it automatically turns off the headlights. :-) But instead I've moved the light so

Clara.io gains fast FBX import and an embedable a web player

/embed/98a74a2e-81dc-44dd-a3d1-2c7c54e324d1 And with the Clara.io editor it is really easy to achieve the WebGL look you want without having to do repeated exports from your desktop tool of choice trying to get an import to look just right. -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype

RE: Windows 7 or 8

Tried to install software on windows 8 today and got nothing but error msgs and crashes. Finally reinstalled with windows 7 and it all works great. Sent from my phone. On Aug 21, 2013 3:06 PM, Sven Constable sixsi_l...@imagefront.de wrote: Then it's not a farm but a barn. A renderbarn. :)

RE: bin format from soft to maya

Send us the file if you could. We did have a lot of this working, particle import export in maya. We will improve the docs too in this area as recommended in this thread. Sent from my phone. On Aug 16, 2013 3:35 AM, Nick Angus n...@altvfx.com wrote: Never mind gang, Exocortex crate seems to be

Re: OT: Pacific Rim

between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals.

Re: Maths problem (barycentric coordinates)

, but I need it to accept multiple points in 3d space. Please help. I’m going bonkers over this Paul *(not really literally) -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals.

Re: Maths problem (barycentric coordinates)

in the normal direction. Just set it to zero and you should be fine. The above can be converted to Softimage Matrix types pretty easily. Probably could be added to the Softimage SDK as well if it isn't already there. Best regards, -ben On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Ben Houston b...@exocortex.com

Re: OT: Pacific Rim

Amazing work Alan! :-) Pacific Rim is an awesome VFX movie. -ben

Exocortex, Royal Render and Clara.io @ SIGGRAPH 2013

love to meet you! For the first time, Exocortex has a schedule of topic-specific presentations. But feel free to drop any time, as we many of our developers in attendance. Tuesday, July 23 Presentations 10am - Clara.io (Ben Houston, Catherine Leung) 1pm - Exocortex Crate (Jack Caron) 2pm - Royal

Re: Exocortex, Royal Render and Clara.io @ SIGGRAPH 2013

Matt Morris matt...@gmail.com wrote: Man wish I could be there to attend. I think things are changing a lot in the industry these days, it is an interesting time. Matt Morris matt...@gmail.com wrote: I was surprised by Royal Render being listed under your umbrella too - did I miss a press

Re: Short introduction and a big hello.

Hello! Crater Studio and Ivan rock. Ivan was really helpful in polishing the Exocortex Crate product. Sent from my phone. On Jul 16, 2013 5:49 AM, Ognjen Vukovic ognj...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys, I have been browsing around through the mailing list for the past couple of days and i thought

Re: clara.io

, just like we do source licensing of Exocortex Crate. But really you get a lot of benefits by allowing others to maintain the infrastructure for you and also to make use of cloud computing on demand for things like rendering. -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex

Re: clara.io

20 people working on the same scene. We will allow for referencing via tags as well, but I can't really go into the details of future planned features to much. -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG

Re: clara.io

. -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals.

Re: Siggraph 2013

with anyone from the list as usual. Eric Thivierge http://www.ethivierge.com -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals.

Accessing Strands in Softimage 2014 SP is broken? Is there a workaround?

for the other stand nodes. This is when using the C++ API to read the 2D array of values for the stands. Was there an API change or is this a real bug? It seems like a bug given that this exact code works for other versions of Softimage. If it is a bug, is there a workaround? -- Best regards, Ben

Re: [OT]? add GPL to code

they are! -- Stefan Andersson | Digital Janitor | Generalist for hire blog | showreel | twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | cell: +46-73-6268850 | skype:sanders3d -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software

Re: Mill 98% Human

That is beautiful stuff. -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals.

Blog/tutorial: Import/export of custom ICE attributes with Exocortex Crate/Alembic

, point clouds, curves, etc.). Mauricio Vines just wrote up a blog post / tutorial on it here if it is of interest: http://exocortex.com/blog/crate_custom_attribute_softimage -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Exocortex.com

Re: Compile Alembic 1.0 on linux

don't support that old code base, but we do license the modern version of the source code and it comes with support. :-) Best regards, Ben Houston On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 1:00 AM, George Sam geo...@oneanimation.com wrote: Hi I try to compile alembic for softimage on centos 6.3. I compiled alembic

Re: Returning a map from a C++ command?

Thanks for the pointers Matt! We're looking into it now. -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals.

Returning a map from a C++ command?

regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals.

Awesome Boss Wave video at least partly done with Softimage + Exocortex Momentum

believe is on this list. I actually really like the song too, which is a plus, but I like chiptune generally. -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals.

Re: will you recommend using a 1366x768 res for 3D work?

That resolution sucks. I bought a laptop with that for my wife and I hate using it. Go full hd if you can. On Jan 19, 2013 9:49 AM, Manuel Huertas Marchena lito...@hotmail.com wrote: Hey guys, I am looking for a laptop to use as a mobile work machine, so after looking down many options I

RE: will you recommend using a 1366x768 res for 3D work?

though. I upgraded ram to 16GB and swapped in an ssd. On Jan 19, 2013 10:56 AM, Cristobal Infante cgc...@gmail.com wrote: go full HD or you will regret it! On Saturday, 19 January 2013, Ben Houston wrote: That resolution sucks. I bought a laptop with that for my wife and I hate using

Re: Pipes and tools u can't live without

I wonder if it would be possible to share some Workgroups via Dropbox or maybe just a set of installers grouped in various ways. Might allow for one person to damage the whole thing though. :-/ -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http

Re: VM-Ware

the opinions of NASA or any other party. -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals.

Re: VM-Ware

, especially for us plugin developers. We've been forced to buy additional PCs or do dual boot configurations. -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals.

Re: VM-Ware

on VMs generally I have found, but maybe Alan Fregtman has a real solution to that as well. :-) Best regards, Ben Houston On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] j.ponthi...@nasa.gov wrote: Ben, Thanks, that’s sounds promising. Do you know if there are any

Re: Rumors II

Same here! Have a great holidays al! -ben On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Alok Gandhi alok.gandhi2...@gmail.com wrote: Have great holidays everybody ! Sent from my iPhone

Re: Alembic XSI, write pointcloud as geocache?

So I believe the issue is on the cinema 4d side of things. They are not reading our extra attributes because we do export this stuff. If you can send us a point cloud exported from cinema 4d that has this info we can compare the structures to see where the issue is. Maybe an easy solution would be

Off topic but useful tip: 27 Korean WQHD (2560X1440) LED Monitors are awesome and cheap!

standard 24 LCD monitors, they just seem dull, small and low resolution. $360 for something that I stare at all day everyday is not that much of an investment. -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software

Re: Off topic but useful tip: 27 Korean WQHD (2560X1440) LED Monitors are awesome and cheap!

AM, Paul Griswold pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com wrote: Are they IPS monitors? I'm running 2 of the HP ZR24w's right now, but two 27 monitors is really appealing. -Paul On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Ben Houston b...@exocortex.com wrote: Hey all, I know this is a bit random

Re: Off topic but useful tip: 27 Korean WQHD (2560X1440) LED Monitors are awesome and cheap!

monitor and the shipping was included. Best regards, -ben On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Leoung O'Young digim...@digimata.com wrote: Hi Ben, Which seller did you buy it from? I am in Canada, just curious how much was the duty? Thanks, Leoung On 12/20/2012 8:17 AM, Ben Houston wrote

Re: Softimage FLIP fluid solver?

working with that. Thanks! Michael -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals.

Re: Any one running Window 8 yet

at a week - but it restarts pretty quickly and automatically. Besides the annoyances above, it otherwise works for me in all of my daily tasks. Best regards, Ben Houston On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 6:02 AM, Ben Beckett nebbeck...@gmail.com wrote: Before the end of the year I hear it cheep, has any one

Re: Alembic Export to Maya with Shattered Geo and shaded internal

Could you send us reproduction scene Adam? It should be possible to address. We do have a release planned for early next week. On Dec 7, 2012 6:25 PM, Adam Sale adamfs...@gmail.com wrote: I believe this should be supported by Crate, but with a simple example we generated a shattered cube,

Re: Reordering vertex ids when moving between apps.

Maya and 3ds max will create new vertices in cases where the topology is bad. This will create problems with loading in point caches because the topology is now different. This may not be related to you issue. On Dec 5, 2012 12:53 AM, Adam Sale adamfs...@gmail.com wrote: Hey guys. We have a

Re: OT:OGL Crash

/windows/hardware/ff569918(v=vs.85).aspx Best regards, Ben Houston On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Sandy Sutherland sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za wrote: We had this big time with Fury rendering - there are some Registry settings you can change to stop this - Ben can you remember what

Re: Release date for Implosia 1.7

Hi Adam, The major improvements to ImplosiaFX that Oleg has created have been rolled into Momentum 4 (which a lot of people requested), which will start beta when Oleg believes it is ready. :-) Best regards, Ben Houston On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Adam Sale adamfs...@gmail.com wrote: hey

Re: Urgent : Point reordering problem on PC2 caches

or what’s the secret technique? Thanks MAC -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom http://Exocortex.com - Passionate CG Software Professionals.

[video tutorial] Alembic-based Point Cache workflows between Softimage, 3DS Max and Maya

three packages. I've created this video tutorial of our Alembic-based point cache workflow that starts off in Softimage and then imports the data into both Maya and 3DS Max: https://vimeo.com/52629193 -- Best regards, Ben Houston Voice: 613-762-4113 Skype: ben.exocortex Twitter: @exocortexcom

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